Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
(Segun Awonusi)
pp. vii
Preface
pp. ix-xii
Acknowledgments
pp. xiii
Chapter 1
Digital Media and Civic Engagement in Nigeria: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s <i>Facebook</i>
(Tunde Opeibi, Department of English, University of Lagos, Nigeria)
pp. 1-34
Chapter 2
Language Use in Crisis Situations: A Discourse Analysis of Online Reactions to Digital News Reports of the <i>Washington Navy Yard</i> Shooting and the <i>Nairobi Westgate</i> Attack
(Innocent Chiluwa & Esther Ajiboye, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria)
pp. 35-56
Chapter 3
A Multimodal Analysis of the Public Discourse of the 2013 University Lecturers’ Strike in Nigeria
(Mohammed Ademilokun, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)
pp. 57-74
Chapter 4
Sentence Typologies and Civic Engagement in <i>Nairaland</i> Forum
(Yetunde Idehen & Rotimi Taiwo, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)
pp. 75-90
Chapter 5
The “Eboliticization” of Discourse: Online Legitimations on the Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa
(Ikenna Kamalu, Department of English Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
pp. 91-116
Chapter 6
Finding their Feet: Digital Immigrants in a ‘Natives’ Generation – Contrasting the Use of SMS And IM in Everyday Communication
(Ayo Onanuga & Emmanuel Taiwo Babalola, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and Federal Universitty, Oye Ekiti, Nigeria)
pp. 117-132
Chapter 7
Visual Representation of Power in Selected Online Nigerian Newspapers’ Political Cartoons
(Felicia Oamen & Micheal Olusegun Fajuyigbe, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)
pp. 133-154
Chapter 8
Personal Branding Styles on Some Social Networking Sites
(Olaosun Ibrahim Esan & Oyebamiji Mojirayo Patricia, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)
pp. 155-168
Chapter 9
Discourse of Online Preaching: A Stylo-linguistic Analysis of Pastor ‘Tunde Bakare’s Sermons on Religion, Politics and Poverty in Nigeria
(Adegboye Adeyanju, University of Abuja, Nigeria)
pp. 169-186
Chapter 10
The Discursive Features of Nigerian Online Political Cartoons
(Oludele, E. Omobola, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria)
pp. 187-198
About the Authors
pp. 199-201
Index
pp. 203-208
Audience: Linguists, political scientists, discourse analysts, information science specialists, University Teachers and Students, Politicians, Non Governmental Organisations, Media, Government Institutions